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    According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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    Gay Bomb
    Gay Bomb
    The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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    A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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    In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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